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involved; and the necessary papers have been prepared for taking them up by writs of error before the Supreme Court of the United States for a final decision. The result of this contested question being of so much importance to the interest of the nation, it was thought expedient to employ a special agent for the purpose of procuring the writs and serving them upon the proper officers of the state; and Benjamin F. Thompson has been accordingly appointed. Giving to the peculiar situation in which our public affairs are placed by the position taken by the President of the United States, there is no alternative left the nation at present, but to persevere in the peaceable course of assenting & maintaining our clearly acknowledged rights where we are, - or to surrender them at discretion & remove west of the Mississippi. But it would be folly in the extreme for the nation ever to think of conceding any of those rights, under existing circumstances; - for unless we could be more permanently secured in the faithful protection of rights which are essential to the existence and well bring of the nation in our present location, - such concession would but weaken our cause and lead to our national extinction and individual destruction. As to the policy of the United States' Government in the removal of the various Indian Tribes, west of the Mississippi, I am not disposed to call in question the feeling which first dictated it; and whilst I am willing to attach to it every thing that humanity and philanthropy can suggest in its favour, I may be permitted to express my fears as to the practical results and ultimate consequences of the measure. The emigrants cannot fail to experience the disaster & fatality which awaits them in their removal. The insalubrity of the climate, the inadequacy of fertile lands, the scarcity of water & timber requisite for the comforts of civilized life, are considerations which will make the permanency of this residence where they are allocated, doubtful. Moreover, new